when do you put your christmas tree up?

computerwoman

:snow_laugI always put my christmas tree up 12 days before and take it down 12 days after christmas, it's a tradition in our family. T:santa2:

emilyt

We buy a real tree so i like to buy it as early as possible in december 1st or 2nd. I must say though once new years day is over with i am ready to take it down again and get my house back to normal.

Frell

Just got my one set of lights out to test them, And yup apart from two bulbs they are working just fine, Pity I cant find the spares and I cant rememeber where I got them from either. But still never mind I am sure I can find a good deal at the 99p shop or poundland.

LJD1_2

Ours goes up on the 10th (day after my birthday) and stays up for the full 12 days after. This year my children have requested five trees so i'm working on getting that down to two!

benedictadams

LJD1 wrote:

Ours goes up on the 10th (day after my birthday) and stays up for the full 12 days after. This year my children have requested five trees so i'm working on getting that down to two!

Five:eek: :eek: :eek: :eek: :eek:

comping_cat

Ours goes up 30th November, in the evening so its all done for 1st December. It all comes down 1st January - i love the build up to christmas, and christmas and boxing day, but hate the week inbetween, would take it down 27th, but dont want to upset the children!!!!

lil_me

Socks that is a lovely thing to do, what a great way to remember.

tee_pee_2

nicki wrote:

My OH is a 12 days before, 12 days after kind of person...I on the otherhand love Christmas. Our tree goes up around 1st December and comes down on 12th night (while DD is at school) but then we have a rather nice routine going and this year it's planned as follows:

• 1st December we put up garlands etc together (after school) and I get the tree out. DD and OH put the tree up together and then once DD has gone off to bed I can concentrate on putting the lights on it - one job OH HATES, he gets so frustrated
• 2nd December (while DD is at school and OH is at work) I'll put any other decorations up and do something to the window Last year I sprayed the entire window with fake snow and then rubbed out the message "Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year"...NOT Doing that this year
• 2nd December when everyone is in, all 3 of us will put the decorations on the tree and DD will get lifted up by OH to put the star on the top

I can't wait..

I love xmas too and can't wait for DD to put our angel on the tree. She will be 22 mths so propb will not be too excited, but I am I Looovvveeeee it.

spanielsmum

We usually go for the weekend before Christmas week. My sister puts hers up on Christmas Eve!! I think the magic is lost if it's too early but I think it's too late to do it then.

Queenie

Chocmonster7 wrote:

My Brother's birthday is on the 17th December so the rule was nothing Christmas related was allowed to be put up until he'd had his special day. Even though we've moved out now we all still keep to that tradition in our own houses!

I chuckled at this because my birthday is in Dec (and my dbro's is 9 days later) ... when we were kids, the tree would go up on my birthday and the decorations on his ... our birthdays were special *because* we did those things :laugh: It was our mum I felt for, her birthday was Boxing Day so there was no way of avoiding the birthday/Christmas overlap.